can I recycle egg shells to the flock?

[L*A*G*]

Thanksguys but I have a hard time finding the chart. I've been to it B4 i just can't find it

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[racuda]

*L*A*G* :

Thanksguys but I have a hard time finding the chart. I've been to it B4 i just can't find it

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats_Chart​

 

[Fombellchicks]

Hi, I also rinse mine a bit to get the egg white and skin stuff out a bit (usually when I do my dishes), pop the air bubble and either let them dry on a paper towel or I put them in the microwave to dry them up quickly. Then crush them and back into their feed.

 

[wjallen05]

great information, thanks! I'd been wondering about feeding the shells to my chooks.

 

[al6517]

I do the same thing as most here have said, it is a good source of calcium and the birds like it too. I also ( when I have an over abundance ) hard boil the eggs grind them up and feed them back with bread and fruit treats. I remember one day I hard boiled 20 doz and fed them back, they didn't touch their feed for 2 days, I never waste an egg.

AL

 

[curliet]

I feed mine egg shells too. I just crush them up and mix them with whatever treat they are getting that day. Someone once said that if we didn't 'cook' them first the chickens would get a taste for them and start eating eggs, but when I mix it with other stuff they never know what it is. I've been doing it this way for a while now, never have anny problems with egg eating.

 

[kaytlynng123]

yes you can feed them egg shells but they are supposed to be baked and crushed that is how we feed them to our chickens

 

[EliteTempleton]

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I thought the cooking was a precaution to eliminate any bacteria and the crushing was to keep them from knowing they were eggs(Small brains ya know...).

 

[JennsPeeps]

I don't bother cooking mine. Let them dry out, crush them, and put them in the chickens' feed: they'll never know.